14.1. Operational analysis of implementation acts
The perimeter of the licensing of enterprises using solid waste
Here the example of Ningbo enclosed management zone will be used to illustrate the perimeter of the output. According to The Report of Licensing the Enterprises Using Solid Waste of Ningbo,102 in 2013, the total number of licensed enterprise of imported solid waste in Ningbo is 76, and 70 of them is in “Enclosed Management Zone of Zhenghai”, while only 3 licensed enterprises are outside the zone.
This is corresponded to the action plan of waste enclosed management zone based on spatial criteria, which gives priorities and facilitates the approval of license for the enterprises within the zone.
Figure XII: The perimeter of the licensing of enterprises using solid waste
The institutional content
It is clearly stated in Article 21 of the measures on the Administration of Importing Solid Waste that “relevant license for import of solid waste is valid in the current year. Relevant license for Import of Solid Waste shall be used within the valid period and automatically invalid at the expiration date whether or not it finishes its use. If Relevant License for import of Solid Waste has not finished its use within the valid period due to unforeseen circumstances, the enterprises holding the license shall make an extension application to the license-issuing agency 30 days before the expiration date. After deducting the used amount, the license-issuing agency shall reissue the license for import of solid waste with the endorsement, and “prolonged service life” and the number of the original certificate shall be indicated in the remark column. Relevant License for Import of Solid Waste shall be extended only once with maximum of 60 days.”103
The degree of formalization
The official website of the Center of Administration of Solid Waste displays the information concerning the application of licenses of the enterprises.104 If the enterprises have some questions, they can raise to the Center of Administration of Solid Waste, or the Department of Environmental Protection. At the same time, the information on application of licensing and on examining application files should be also disclosed to the public. The record of application files should be preserved at least for three years.105 Therefore, the output is highly formal.
Coherence within the policy
There is a strong horizontal cooperation between the different political-administrative actors of the policy. They have built an information shared platform, the environmental department will only grant license to enterprises when the latter has already get the license of importers and license of exporters which are the other outputs produced by other political-administrative actors.
Coherence with other policies
When licensing the industry, the policy of solid waste hopes to enable the industry to process the solid waste in an environmentally friendly way. However, there are no other policies to give technological or financial support.
The establishment of environmental policies may build barriers for economic policies and other acts which aim at decreasing unemployment, but it may have certain coordination with transportation policies due to their common interests.